Inès Longevial's "Charleval" is a vibrant drawing featuring a fragmented face, where soft pastels and acidic yellows interplay with warm tones. The composition is marked by bold color blocking and abstract forms that suggest facial features and evoke emotional depth. Characterized by contemporary surrealism, the piece offers a dreamlike interpretation of self-exploration, allowing viewers to reflect on light's emotional impact. Rooted in Longevial's exploration of femininity and introspection, the artwork serves as a mirror to both personal identity and universal emotion. ...
Inès Longevial has found herself drawn to self-portraiture, an opportunity to explore play and fantasy. Through her choice of color and use of drawing, she is able to inhabit a dreamscape, a space of the otherworldly, delving into the depths of her imagination. Longevial’s invented universe is inhabited by landscape-like faces which serve as a funhouse mirror reflecting our reality back to us. It fractures and reinvents the palette and emotional states of our world. Throughout her career, Longevial has been hugely inspired by the effect of light and its ability to embody a feeling, interlacing pastels and warm tones with acidic shades. Her minimal shades and color blocking convey mood and generate intimate insights into the figures’ psyches. Longevial’s women are a lens through which she can exert control over her femininity, allowing her to have sole ownership over her body. The women she paints are a route through which Longevial can convey her experience to our world. She portrays silent and stoic women who are quietly bursting with emotion. ...
